Immediate take-off for the 4th Wing's fighter jets, scrambled by NATO order to defend national airspace.

In the late afternoon yesterday, two fighter jets Eurofighter of the Italian Air Force, on alert duty for national airspace surveillance, took off shortly before 6:30 PM from Grosseto air base following an order of Scramble, a technical term used to define an immediate takeoff ordered by NATO's Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) in Torrejón, Spain.

The intervention was necessary to identify a private civilian aircraft, a P-180 originating from Germany, for which a check had been requested due to the loss of radio contact with the air traffic control authorities. Air traffic.

The two fighter jets reached the assigned aircraft in the Ancona area and carried out the planned procedures.’Visual identification to then ascertain the correct restoration of radio communications. Following this, the two aircraft returned to the base of the 4th Wing.

The Air Force ensures, without interruption, the air defence within the national security system assured by the entire defence sector. An operational readiness device that, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, sees men, women and assets of the Armed Force engaged in close coordination with the NATO.